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The second edition of A Biography of the English Language continues to examine the structure of language. The textbook discusses three important issues: languages and language change are systematic; the inner history of a language is profoundly affected by its outer history of political and culural events; and the English of the past has everywhere left its traces on present-day English. By uncovering the language's past, one can better communicate with it.
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A biography of the English language, Celia M. Millward
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- Released
- 1996
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- Title
- A biography of the English language
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Celia M. Millward
- Publisher
- Thomson Wadsworth
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0155016458
- ISBN13
- 9780155016453
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Textbooks, History, True Stories, Biographies, Language Textbooks & Dictionaries, References & Manuals, Languages, Language Textbooks
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- The second edition of A Biography of the English Language continues to examine the structure of language. The textbook discusses three important issues: languages and language change are systematic; the inner history of a language is profoundly affected by its outer history of political and culural events; and the English of the past has everywhere left its traces on present-day English. By uncovering the language's past, one can better communicate with it.